Anyone here getting irritated by his "oh, the league is finished, United will win the title" comments, when it is obviously not?

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Er, isn't that the point of him doing it?

Him saying that means nothing to me, it should mean nothing to anyone at the club, whereas saying that our games against Swansea and Sunderland will be easy is for the ears of those clubs. And then there's his barbs at the refs when there's enough statistical evidence to make a mockery of the allegations that they've helped us any more than City this year.

He's basically doing what Fergie would be doing in his place. A wannabe, yes, but we can't complain. We don't need to either until we sack Fergie and replace him with Keegan.

No he's trying out the mind games but its unrelated to the spacattacks we've been prone to - this has happened in numerous run ins - relegation clubs upping their game and teams like Everton also taking points off us. I think its a complacency we can get sometimes when we relax too early. Hopefully we'll wake up before Monday. Any influence Mancini has is minimal - he's been crying about decisions only a couple of days ago so he and his team clearly ARE bothered about being in contention. He's just a bit crap at the mind games

Alternatively, Mancini's "mind-games" have made feck all difference one way or another and City have stopped dropping points through a combination of the enforced decision to replace Balotelli with Tevez and some relatively easy fixtures.

Alternatively, Mancini's "mind-games" have made feck all difference one way or another and City have stopped dropping points through a combination of the enforced decision to replace Balotelli with Tevez and some relatively easy fixtures.

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Exactly. It has nothing to do with "mind games" and everything to do with City finding a bit of form against some teams they should be beating handily. When Mancini said this, he had no idea how his team would play in the upcoming game and if anything they looked set to be in a downward spiral. He answered a question honestly, like he has been doing pretty much all season. His style has not changed, it's just the situation in which he has made such comments that has changed. Too much is being read into it.

If the positions were reversed we'd all be calling Fergie a genius on here.

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These kind of post irritate me, Ferguson gets some stick on here for his formations/substitutions/tactics occasionally so please stop acting stupid.

Anyway, Mancini is just acting like a twat, the whole world knows that City can win it but Mancini is making it an awkward situation for himself and I wonder what his team are thinking, i bet they are really fed up of him but I think they will crack next week to us or newcastle but the league is far from over. A few of them might handle it (Yaya, Tevez, Hart, Kompany, Aguero etc) but the rest will not live up to the hype. We have a great chance but just that.

He deserves credit for the way his City side have responded to going 8 points behind that's for sure. Whether it was these comments in the media or something else he's got them firing again and there's no doubting the momentum is back with them.

My god, some of you put so much stall on the crap that comes out of these idiots' mouths. None of what these 20 managers say has any real effect on performances on the pitch.

His 'we're not winning the league' did not cause you to play shit against Wigan. It didn't cause you to concede 2 stupid late goals against Everton. You did that all by yourselves.

Similarly, when making a list of the attributes that makes Ferguson such a good manager, the comments he makes to the media to 'psych out the opponent manager' would be just about bottom of the list.

And Liverpool didn't lose the league title because of Benitez's facts rant. Just as Barcelona didn't beat Real Madrid in the CL last season when Guardiola did something a bit similar. I remember a lot of the amateur psychologists on here predicting he'd cracked Benitez style. Of course, he hadn't and Barcelona went on to win the CL.

My god, some of you put so much stall on the crap that comes out of these idiots' mouths. None of what these 20 managers say has any real effect on performances on the pitch.

His 'we're not winning the league' did not cause you to play shit against Wigan. It didn't cause you to concede 2 stupid late goals against Everton. You did that all by yourselves.

Similarly, when making a list of the attributes that makes Ferguson such a good manager, the comments he makes to the media to 'psych out the opponent manager' would be just about bottom of the list.

And Liverpool didn't lose the league title because of Benitez's facts rant. Just as Barcelona didn't beat Real Madrid in the CL last season when Guardiola did something a bit similar. I remember a lot of the amateur psychologists on here predicting he'd cracked Benitez style. Of course, he hadn't and Barcelona went on to win the CL.

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I may never be able to proof this, but it's called mind games for a reason.

It does have effect on psychology. The fact that some of us have reacted in a variety of manner towards press releases means that the players probably experiences this as well (regardless of how small)

I may never be able to proof this, but it's called mind games for a reason.

It does have effect on psychology. The fact that some of us have reacted in a variety of manner towards press releases means that the players probably experiences this as well (regardless of how small)

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Its just been called mind games because fans and the media want to inject an extra little bit of excitement into proceedings. If Mancini were to say he'd had jam on toast for breakfast, people would be trying to say he's playing mind games. To me, it looks more like he's pissed off with how the media wrote off his team and now insists on being sarcastic.

There are some very good, very experienced players on both sides. League winners, CL winners, world cup winners. They aren't going to be affected by the words of men who've never had any training in psychology.

I doubt Mancini's comments were in your defence's minds when you conceded 4 at home at Everton. I don't quite buy that Rafael, Evra and Evans played crap because they'd heard Mancini say the title race was over.

I personally just think that fans want to find drama at every possible opportunity!